Texts

verse beg. Iarfaiged nech acaib dam

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas poem which explains the name of the ‘Yew of the Disputing Sons’ (Ibar mac nAngciss) with reference to the cause of the Battle of Mag Mucrama. 35 stanzas.
First words (verse)
  • Iarfaiged nech acaib dam
“Let me of you inquire for me”
Author
Ascribed to: Cormac mac Cuilennáin
Cormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster

See more
Cormac mac Cuilennáin (d. 908). “There is no reason to take the attribution seriously, for the language betrays a later date” (Dillon).(1)n. 1 Myles Dillon, ‘The Yew of the Disputing Sons’, Ériu 14 (1946): 154.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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dinnshenchasIrish narrative literature, onomastic lore and learning, topographical literature
dinnshenchas
id. 32607

Sources

Notes

Myles Dillon, ‘The Yew of the Disputing Sons’, Ériu 14 (1946): 154.

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[ed.] [tr.] Dillon, Myles, “The Yew of the Disputing Sons”, Ériu 14 (1946): 154–165.
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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August 2011, last updated: January 2024